Political Rules of the Road

Louis (Lou) Frey, Jr. served as a Republican Congressman from Florida from 1969 to 1979. He is a partner in the law firm of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, PA., in Orlando, Florida and founder of the Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Central Florida. Frey is the recipient of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress 2009 Distinguished Service Award. Past recipients include Gerald Ford, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell.Aubrey Jewett is associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow from 2003 to 2004. He is coauthor of Politics in Florida, 2nd ed. and author of numerous articles and book chapters on American and Florida politics.

Frey and Jewett have assembled a remarkable collection of practical insights into the mindset of elected officials in the United States. Students who read this book will come away with a better understanding of American politics and the legislative process, academics might benefit even more significantly by extracting data about the attitudes of public officials from this new primary source…A must read…

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 Chapter 1: Campaigns, Elections, Voters, and ConstituentsChapter 4 Chapter 2: Congressional Service, Colleagues, Leadership and StaffChapter 5 Chapter 3: Representation, Decision Making, Voting and Legislative SuccessChapter 6 Chapter 4: Political Parties, Partisanship, Interest Groups and BureaucracyChapter 7 Chapter 5: Media, Ethics, Speeches and Public RelationsChapter 8 Chapter 6: Politicians, Politics, Policy and LifeChapter 9 AfterwordChapter 10 Contributors